Agnes

Agnes is 48 years old and is married with three children between the ages of 16 and 20 years old. Her business is well-organized. She has three year's experience. Agnes sells Irish potatoes.

Agnes has requested a loan from the Kiva lender in order to purchase more Irish potatoes to sell. With this profit, Agnes will reinvest in her business and as well as build her own house.

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About Vision Finance Company s.a – Rwanda (VFC)

Vision Finance Company (VFC) was Kiva's first partner in Rwanda. Established in 1999, VFC is an affiliate of World Vision International. Since its founding, VFC has been committed to alleviating poverty in Rwanda by ensuring that poor people have access to credit to support business initiatives that will improve their life circumstances.

VFC has a broad set of products and services, offering Community Banking services for self-selected groups of 10-30 borrowers, Solidarity Group services for more experienced groups of entrepreneurs, and Individual Loans for customers who already have a small established business. Vision Finance is also among the very few financial institutions targeting farmers and providing agricultural credit options in Rwanda, where access to credit is critical to the success of agricultural enterprises.